Ultimate Guide: How To Set Up Facebook Click-to-Messenger Ads

There are over 60 million businesses on Facebook Messenger. Yes, 60 million!

Are you looking to reach more customers by using Facebook Messenger or looking to re-engage prospects who’ve fallen off the wagon. Facebook Messenger ads are most convenient way to engage with users on their own terms and be with them throughout the entirety of the buyers journey.

Messenger ads open the door for dialogue. They allow you to start a messenger conversation to uncover pain points or questions preventing someone from becoming a customer.

In this blog, we will go over how to create a Facebook Messenger ad.

What Are Click-to-Messenger Ads?

Click-to-messenger ads are the most popular messenger ads and are mainly used to build your subscriber list, help drive traffic and start conversations with potential customers - using Messenger as a destination.

In the Ads Manager or Power Editor you can find a destination option when creating a campaign at the ad level. Click-to-messenger ads use all of the normal ad and targeting options and will appear in the newsfeed.

These ads are shown to users on their Facebook News Feed and Instagram feed.

How To Setup Click-to-Messenger Ads

Before we dive into the steps, let's go over the basics!

The ad creation process is similar to a regular ad - fill in the text, headline, and news feed link description fields as you would for a regular ad.

The only difference is you make a selection from the call to action drop-down menu. And depending on what type of creative you set up as Messenger content will determine what type of experience users will have.

When a user clicks the button on the ad in their Facebook News Feed or Instagram Feed, a conversation with your messenger bot will immediately open in the Messenger app.

5. Go to theMessage Setupsection to configure the user experience in Messenger when the ad button is clicked. According to Facebook, all Messenger Platform features, including quick replies, postbacks and templates are supported in the Messenger content.

Here are the two ways you can do that:

Click theJSONtab, and manually enter JSON that describes the message.

Click theStandardtab, and use the quick creation tool.

Below is another example of what an Messenger ad looks like inside the Facebook Messenger app after potential customers click it.

6. For ad creation using the quick creation tool, fill in the fields to set the content of your messenger ad. You may also optionally specify the following calls to action, under Customer Actions':

Quick replies: This is where you use a chat bot to configure automated responses based on what users say, questions they might have, or their pain points. You can place up to 10 standalone buttons at the bottom of the conversation for the user to click.

Buttons: Attaches up to three buttons to the message template. Facebook says buttons can be set to send either apostback webhook eventor open a website in the Messenger webview. For more information on postback and URL buttons, seeButtons.

7. ClickPlace Orderto finish creating your ad.

Messenger Retargeting Options

Retarget With A Custom Audience

Retarget the users who have interacted with your chat bot/page before you can use Custom Audience. A Custom Audience can be created using:

Re-engage With People You've Previously Messaged.

You can only use this option to retarget users who’ve had a messenger conversation with.

Integrate Facebook Messenger With Customer Support

Retarget them with sponsored messages or re-engagement campaigns.

Preview Of What Click-to-Messenger Ads Look Like

How ads that open conversations in Messenger appear on mobile Facebook News Feed.

How ads that open conversations in Messenger appear on Messenger Home.

How ads that open conversations in Messenger appear on Instagram.

Conclusion

If you aren't using Facebook Messenger ads you are seriously missing out on some awesome opportunities.

There’s a reason Facebook messaging has gone global and why it's the latest marketing craze. Messaging businesses is faster, more effective, and preferred by customers all over the world.

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